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JAMEs W. OWEN, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssIeNoR 'ro HIMsELE AND EnWAED M. CCE, or sAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 89,496, dated April 27 1869;

IIWPROVED FABRIC FOR CHAIR-SEATS, 8cc.

The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all wlwm yit may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. OWEN, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven, and State of Gonneoticut, have inventeda new Improvement inChair- Seats; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, to be a.- full, clear, andexact description ofthe same, and which said drawing constitutes part ofthis speciication, and represents a sectional view.

This invention relates to an improvement in the seating or foundationfor the seating of common chairs, the object being to produce anon-elastic but exible seating over which upholstering may be placed, orwhich may itself answer for the seat; and

The invention consists in combining two thicknesses of duck, canvas, orsimilar material, secured together by a cement, compounded as follows':

Take of common wood-glue, one pound; boiled linseed-oil, one ounce; andcommon wood-ashes, one tablespoonful; the glue being dissolved in theusual manner, and to about the consistency usually employed for gluingwood surfaces, and while the glue is hot -add the oil and ashes, mixtogether, and simmer until thoroughly mixed, .then coat the meetingsurfaces of the fabric, and press them together until thoroughly dry.

The cement, while it securely attaches the two fabrics, is, from thenature of the composition, flexible, but when the fabrics are securedtogether they are made positively non-elastic.

I have added paper between the twofabrics, but do not consider it anyadvantage, merely mentioning the fact here as a part of my experiments.

The material, being thoroughly dry, is cut into the proper form, andsecured in any vdesirable manner to the chair-frame, either as a seatingor as a foundation for upholstering.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Ihe fabric for chair-seating, herein described, con'- sisting of thefabrics united by the cement, as herein set forth, as an article ofmanufacture.

JAMES W. OWEN. vWitnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY, A. J. Tll'rs.'

